FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: to hear testimony on the following bills: S. 3497, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that Act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and

June 24, 2010
09:30 AM
SD-366 Energy Committee Hearing Room
FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: to hear testimony on the following bills: S. 3497, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases entered into under that Act to include a plan that describes the means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing discharge of oil, and for other purposes; S. 3431, a bill to improve the administration of the Minerals Management Service, and for other purposes; S. 3509, a bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to promote the research and development of technologies and best practices for the safe development and extraction of natural gas and other petroleum resources, and for other purposes; and, S. 3516, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to reform the management of energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, and for other purposes (Hearing Room SD-366). OVERFLOW ROOM, SR-418.

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Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Scott Brown

    U.S. Senate

Witness Panel 2

  • The Honorable Ken Salazar

    Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
  • Mr. Michael R. Bromwich

    Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
    U.S. Department of Interior

Witness Panel 3

  • Ms. Marilyn Heiman

    Director, U.S. Arctic Program and Offshore Energy Reform Project
    The Pew Environment Group
  • Dr. David Welch

    President
    Stone Energy Corporation